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NSW national parks in the firing line

Shooters Party MP Robert Brown says shooting feral animals in national parks using volunteers is a safe and cost-effective option for taxpayers.

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Upgrade for Camden quarantine centre

The NSW Premier, Barry O'Farrell, has opened a state of the art biosecurity research centre for farm pests and diseases.

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Children work to undo damage wrought by bats

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Asian honeybees and Varroa mites detected and destroyed in Sydney

Thousands of Asian honey bees have been detected and destroyed on a ship at Kurnell in southern Sydney.

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Success in controlling dogs in the Hunter

Rural landholders and authorities may be winning the war on wild dogs in parts of the Hunter, with reports of sightings and attacks on livestock the lowest in years.

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Community oppositon to gun laws mounts

The NSW Game Council has denied National Park users are unsafe after it was revealed today some licensed shooters have been hunting while intoxicated. Meanwhile locals in southern NSW say they're...

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The end game for the Games Council?

Pressure is mounting on the Game Council as the National Parks Association of NSW delivered a "No Hunting in National Parks" petition to the NSW parliament today.

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The end game for the Game Council?

Pressure is mounting on the Game Council as the National Parks Association of NSW delivered a No Hunting in National Parks petition to the NSW Parliament today.

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Game Council confident

The chief executive of the Game Council has dismissed concerns about hunting in national parks and says the program will go ahead after a review is finished.

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Bhutan aims to increase national happiness by being world's first organic...

The small, landlocked country of Bhutan is aiming to increase its national happiness by becoming the first country in the world to completely shift to organic farming.

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Bhutan to boost Gross National Happiness with organics

The small, landlocked country of Bhutan is aiming to increase its national happiness by becoming the first country in the world to completely shift to organic farming.

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Wool body gives $1 million to kill more wild dogs

Australian Wool Innovation, the research and marketing body, has announced it will give a million dollars to community groups that are controlling wild dogs.

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Decision on trials of hunting in NSW national parks due shortly

Decision on trials of hunting in NSW national parks due within two weeks.

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Environment Minister briefed on Inverell's problem bats

Inverell's bat colony problem has been raised in a meeting between Northern Tablelands MP, Adam Marshall, and Environment Minister, Robyn Parker.

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Les Hall

Bat biologist Les Hall has lived among bats and his research has taken him to some very odd places.

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Sally Van Gent

Sally Van Gent established a heritage apple orchard to cultivate the fruit she'd loved as a child.

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Cane toad fight: Scientists teaching goannas to avoid eating toxic pest

Scientists are reporting early success from a study in Australia's far north designed to reduce the impact of cane toads on native wildlife. The program aims to teach goannas, one of the species that...

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Sally Van Gent

Sally van Gent planted her own orchard in country Victoria, trying to replicate the apples her grandfather had grown in northern England.

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Toad personalities key to territorial takeover

Cane toads with the personality to boldly go where no cane toad has gone before pave the way for more timid toads to rapidly take over new territories, say Australian researchers.

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Reports of increased rat sightings across Sydney spark disease concerns

A rise in rat sightings in Sydney's inner suburbs sparks disease fears, but an expert says it is hard to tell if their numbers are increasing.

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Kirsti Abbott

Kirsti Abbott knows all about the weird and wonderful world of ants.

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A twist in the tale of Bathurst's albino wallaroos

A crucial piece of genetic material could help piece together the family history of a group of snow-white kangaroos living on Bathurst's Mount Panorama in central west New South Wales.

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Researchers find bacteria in tick that may cause Lyme disease-like symptoms

Researchers have found a bacteria in a tick that causes symptoms similar to Lyme disease

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Bruce White on bees, and 62 years as a beekeeper

Bruce has travelled the world to share his knowledge about bees.

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Tick season begins as Sydney immunologists warn 'dab, don't grab' and...

As the warmer months signal the beginning of tick season, a group of Sydney immunologists come up with a handy rhyme to help remember what to do if you are bitten by one of the insects.

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Kirsti Abbott on ants: 'tiny things that run the world'

Kirsti knows a great deal about the weird and wonderful world of ants. (R)

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Self Improvement: Pest Management and Food

Are you one of our regular students for Self Improvement Wednesday? Each week, you get to learn something new - that's our Self Improvement pledge.

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Urban fox numbers successfully reduced by Sydney councils

Councils across Sydney successfully reduce the number of urban foxes in the past 12 months as part of a coordinated fox control program.

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Royal Flying Doctor Service aircraft get the best of patient care

Keeping planes in tiptop condition is all part of the job for an outback Royal Flying Doctor Service aircraft engineer.

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All imported raw prawns to be pulled for white spot testing; fears that...

There are fears the price of prawns is about to go "through the roof" following a decision by the Federal Government to recall all imported raw prawns.

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White spot in prawns the latest in biosecurity failures highlighting impact...

An increase in exotic pests and diseases pushes Australian agriculture and environmentalists to demand more focus on biosecurity.

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Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says he doubled agriculture budget to...

The Federal Government has rejected claims Australia's biosecurity protections are failing on its watch.

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Sydney vets struggling to meet demand for calicivirus vaccine to protect...

Veterinarians in Sydney's west are running low on a vaccine to protect domestic rabbits against a new strain of calicivirus, which is being introduced across Australia this week to kill the animals in...

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Parcel of live exotic snakes and spiders in shoe box at international mail...

A parcel of exotic venomous snakes, giant tarantulas and forest scorpions is detected in a box marked "shoes" at a Melbourne mail room.

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Stink bug pest discoveries by hotel cleaners praised by fearful New Zealand...

New Zealand fruit growers are hailing a group of hotel cleaners as heroes for discovering stink bugs in a guests' rooms.

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Entomologist concerned exotic Macao pest wasp could make its way to Australia

There are concerns that if the exotic pest Macao paper wasp is not eradicated from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, it may change the way of life for locals and threaten agriculture on the Australian...

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Pest to plate: Our growing appetite for feral carp amid river eradication plans

Could carp be the new calamari? Consumer demand for the introduced river pest has been growing rapidly in Australia in recent years.

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The cockroaches of Sydney: Where do they like to live?

Sydney is notorious for its cockroach population because of its warm, humid and moist environment where they thrive, but do some suburbs have more roaches than others? Beck Pearse asked Curious Sydney...

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Maligned dingoes emerge as unlikely heroes in study of bushfires and feral pests

New research reveals a complex food chain where dingoes can become 'guardian angels' for many of Australia's vulnerable species, especially after bushfires.

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A Cane Toad

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Sentinel beehives provide coastal defence against catastrophic varroa mite...

Stationed near the major ports of Australia's coastal cities are a group of closely monitored beehives designed to detect the varroa mite parasite that has the potential to decimate bee populations.

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Herpes-based carp control plan may stop some Australian fish exports, cause...

Scientists and commercial fishermen say Australia's rollout of a carp virus is being rushed through, risking relationships with international trading partners.

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NSW council wants statewide cat cap to curtail numbers and 'put dogs on level...

A local council on the south-west fringe of Sydney is lobbying the State Government to limit the number of cats non-breeders can own in New South Wales.

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Cane toad catchers trap thousands of metamorphs in effort to stop southern...

Thousands of juvenile cane toads are being bagged by conservationists in a crucial bid to stop the creatures spreading beyond northern New South Wales.

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Feral brumby culls found by scientists to be crucial in ensuring survival of...

New peer-reviewed research across 25 scientists concludes that aerial culling of feral horses in alpine parks is needed to ensure ecosystem and water catchment survival.

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A Cane Toad

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A Cane Toad

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Sydney news: Deer shooting restrictions may be relaxed, high-end Paddington...

MORNING BRIEFING: The NSW Government is planning to relax restrictions on shooting deer as populations "explode", while police hunt a man who threatened staff at a high-end Sydney boutique with a gun.

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Feral cat in Simpson Desert eats entire kangaroo carcass, surprising researchers

A cat is filmed in the Simpson Desert eating a kangaroo carcass over several days, as part of a study into the environmental impact of dead animals.

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Farmers look for biosecurity funding, as African swine fever spreads closer...

The Federal Government is falling short on its own commitment to boost funding for services to keep Australia free from pests and disease.

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